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Anguish… the keynote, coming across best in Margarita's prison aria from Boito's Mefistofele and Lisa's midnight soliloquy in Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 More…

Release Date: 1st Sep 2009
Catalogue No: CHAN3161
Label: Chandos
Series: Opera in English, Great Operatic Arias
Length: 67 minutes

Excerpt, Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur

Work length3:19

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Cheryl Barker (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry

Adriana Lecouvreur: Vedi ora, sono esauriti (Sung in English)

Track length3:19

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Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame

Work length4:54

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Cheryl Barker (soprano), Gillian Keith (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry

The Queen of Spades, Op. 68, Act I: You need not close the windows just yet

Track length4:54

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Excerpt, Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

Work length16:38

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Cheryl Barker (soprano), William Dazeley (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry

Act I: Stridono lassu, liberamente

Track length4:58

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Act I: Nedda! … Silvio! A quest'ora che imprudenza!

Track length11:40

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Excerpt, Boito: Mefistofele

Work length6:03

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Cheryl Barker (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry

Mefistofele, Act IV: The Night of the Classical Sabbath: La luna immobile innonda (Sung in English)

Track length6:03

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Heggie: The End of the Affair

Work length6:40

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Cheryl Barker (soprano), William Dazeley (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry

The End of the Affair: A Bargain and a Prayer

Track length6:40

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Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame

Work length5:16

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The Queen of Spades, Op. 68, Act III: It's nearly midnight now

Track length5:16

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Excerpt, Strauss, R: Arabella

Work length6:25

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Cheryl Barker (soprano), Gillian Keith (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry

Arabella, Op. 79, TrV 263, Act I: Er ist der Richtige nicht fur mich (Sung in English)

Track length6:25

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Excerpt, Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur

Work length2:28

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Adriana Lecouvreur, Act IV: Poveri fiori … (Sung in English)

Track length2:28

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Williamson: The Violins of Saint-Jacques

Work length4:18

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Cheryl Barker (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry

The Violins of Saint-Jacques: How can I explain to you

Track length4:18

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Excerpt, Catalani: La Wally

Work length3:53

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Cheryl Barker (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry

La Wally, Act I: Ebben? Ne andro lontana (Sung in English)

Track length3:53

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Excerpt, Strauss, R: Arabella

Work length7:43

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William Dazeley (baritone)

Arabella, Op. 79, TrV 263, Act III: Das war sehr gut, Mandryka (Sung in English)

Track length7:43

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Following her superb Katya in Katya Kabanova, her Emilia Marty in The Makropulos Case, recorded live at the London Coliseum, and her Butterfly for Chandos Opera in English, we were delighted to have enticed Cheryl Barker into our studios to record these thrilling samples of her dramatic artistry in music both familiar and fresh.

The repertoire chosen for the solo disc includes works, actually performed by her on stage, as well as arias Cheryl has always enjoyed listening to.

‘There were two arias that I was very keen to include one was the scene from The End of the Affair by the brilliant American composer Jake Heggie. I premiered the role of Sarah in Houston and I think this scene is dramatic and fantastically composed. I am very proud to have recorded the aria Each Afternoon from the Violins of St Jacques by Malcolm Williamson, a fellow Australian. It is very atmospheric with its simply vocal line. I have also included some popular arias and some repertoire performed by Dame Joan Hammond with whom I studied with as a student.’

‘As an English speaker, performing these arias in English means that I can relay the emotions of the arias in my native language and I think it is interesting to an English speaking audience to hear the arias in their native tongue. Also, it is important to have an accurate translation of the original text and I think in these arias we have that.’

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December 2009

Anguish… the keynote, coming across best in Margarita's prison aria from Boito's Mefistofele and Lisa's midnight soliloquy in Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades.

Awards Issue 2009

Cheryl Barker is always clean in her placing of notes and clear in her articulation of the English words. …sometimes (as in the opening of the Arabella-Mandryka duet) she sings quite beautifully. …William Dazeley (surely one of our best baritones) has an attractive timbre, heard pleasingly throughout. David Parry's speeds tend to be a little too slow for my liking but the orchestral playing refined and responsive.

Great Operatic Arias 21 - Cheryl Barker

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